Political Quotes

“we have had a busy agenda since we started back into session in January. I am like a lot of freshmen. I feel like we have spent a lot of time looking at reform issues. That is something that my constituents want to see, and it is certainly something where I look forward to placing a good bit of my energy as we look for waste, fraud and abuse in government and look for opportunities to reform the system and to lower the cost of doing business with the government. We have reformed education. We have lowered taxes. We have provided our Nation's military servicemen and women with a pay increase. And Republicans are now working to ensure that America's seniors have access to affordable, quality health care that will help lessen the financial burden of prescription medications. Any effort to provide a prescription drug benefit absolutely must include a Medicare reform plan that not only preserves the system for today's seniors and for future generations but also provides seniors with a Medicare that is more efficient and flexible. Medicare must include the market-based incentives that have fueled research and development of products that are keeping us healthier longer and improving the lives of millions of Americans. There are three issues that virtually all senior citizens agree on. These three critical components of the reform initiative are affordability, access and choice. These are three premises that we need to be sure to include in our plan.”